Nidec Drives
Hardware Engineer

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At Nidec Drives our values and behaviours are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success.
We are looking for exceptional people who turn ambitions into actions, and we believe everyone has the potential to succeed.
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Nidec will offer a host of opportunities for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges, and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. In addition, we will offer you a benefits package that aims to meet your individual needs.
Here’s some of what we offer:
- 25 days Annual Leave, increasing with service. (plus Public Holidays)
- Progression & Development opportunities.
- Holiday sell back program.
- Pension Scheme, 5% matched.
- Additional day off for your birthday, once you have been with us for 1 year.
- EV and cycle-to-work schemes.
- Voucher programs, with a wide offer of discounts on everything from cinema and theatre tickets to goods and services.
- Life Insurance.
- A funded volunteer day per year, encouraging you to support the communities and charities that matter to you.
- Employee assistance program.
Role Summary:
We are looking to hire an enthusiastic Hardware Engineer for our R&D department. The Hardware Engineer will use their technical and applied mathematical skills for troubleshooting. Based on the findings, they will also devise more advanced computer systems. This role requires working as part of a larger team on significant projects or taking on smaller design challenges independently as and when required.
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Key Job Responsibilities:
- Submit reports analysing problems along with recommendations for improvements, creating blueprints of enhanced versions of existing and new systems.
- Build or oversee the production and assembly of a prototype based on recommendations, test prototypes to ensure that the system operates according to specifications and make modifications for optimal results.
- Select additional equipment to support production and write purchase orders or submit documentation to justify the recommendations for the specified equipment.
- Store data pertaining to system functions and capabilities such as power supply requirements and user abilities.
- Supervise and train technicians, designers and inexperienced engineers and offer continuous technical support to team members.
- Working to agreed timescales & project plans.
- Daily interaction with engineers from multiple disciplines to ensure solutions are a good fit with the drive architecture.
- Preparing concise and clear technical documentation and reports.
- Presenting, discussing, and justifying design concepts and ideas.


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Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Demonstratable relevant experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering a related field.
- Ability to build prototypes, experiment on systems, and bench test.
- Excellent technical writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, written and oral communication skills with all levels of management.
- Self-motivated with an ability to work both independently and as an active member of a team.
Nidec Drives: What we do?
We take care of the world’s motion. We provide AC, DC, and Servo drive solutions for everything from heavy industry to theatre production, end-to-end production lines, and everything in between. Our precision-engineered drives are designed to optimise performance and productivity, creating essential motion for a more efficient future. As part of Nidec, the world’s largest electric motor company, we make the world spin smarter and faster.
As a global business, operating for over 50 years, we have grown into a thriving business, now operating in over 30 countries. We pride ourselves on our people and we look for those who are continuously striving for excellence with the ambition to achieve success.
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